Diminishing returns are not what I’m hearing. I hooked it up to the DirectStream II that had been patiently waiting for its arrival for months. My original setup was the original DirectStream with ethernet. I never used the II because it didn’t support ethernet and I didn’t like the way the II so…

I just have maybe 30 hours burn in procedure behind me with the Purist Audio Sytem Enhancer file and (while the connected power cord costs much more than the Airlens) initially I just use an Audioquest Carbon until my preferred cable supplier offers a HDMI cable …but anyway the Airlens has much bett…

Hooked up I2S to GCD, removed usb cable from laptop, configured JRiver. Wow! An absolute drastic improvement in SQ. Noise gone, channel separation way better. Highs totally different. Love it.

Jazznut, looking forward to your Auralic Aries comparison

Yes, I will provide (a rough comparison), I just have to manage expectations, as the surrounding from where both play will not be exactly the same, as the one will play from JRiver,and the other by its own software and I meanwhile know, how noticeable differences can be. And both might have slightly…

Well @tonyplachy , you may want to try disconnecting your AL from the NAS and use WiFi instead. That is exactly what Paul suggests may give you same if not better results, and allow you to stash the NAS away from your audio setup, avoiding fan noise etc…

I had chance to try Airlens for few days in my setup (with DS MK2) , installation required just plugging Airlens into chain and it immediately appeared in Roon and was ready to play - nice! And here is what I hear: ethernet is still fairly important , with EtherRegen in the path the sound fluidi…

Thanks for posting. I’ll be posting a review of inserting an AL between my Roon Nucleus and MK2 DAC (an improvement).

My first Airlens did not work, using mconnect, on Qobuz HR files w sampling rates of multiples of 48 kHz, but those with sampling rates with multiples of 44.1 worked fine…really weird. PS Audio was very nice in trying to sort this out, eventually gave up and swapped units with me. The new one is G…

My experience is that the issues with sibilances and soundstage usually go away after break-in. I played pink noise through mine for about one week (when I wasn’t listening). Things were much better after that.

So how do you reverse the power cable polarity ?

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